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den

noun

ˈden

Definition of den

as in lair

the shelter or resting place of a wild animal the foxes hid in their den until the bear finally left the area

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as in hideout

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others an abandoned building that is often used as a den by the city's petty criminals

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Recent Examples of den Beyond hazing, Badger and Banjo help flush bears from urban dens, crawl beneath houses to locate animals in crawl spaces, and search for injured or orphaned bears. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Rooms From studios through two-beds with a den, the 117 bright and contemporary rooms—apartments, really—range from spacious to sprawling. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026 Fantastico Arni marble counters animate the kitchen; Custom millwork frames a decorative fireplace in the den. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 July 2026 Most people who fly Confederate flags in their front yards are a little too paranoid to leave den windows open wide, but not Pinson. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for den

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Here, the club’s name is picked out in red, leaving no one in any doubt as to whose lair this is.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
And imagine the bear, cornered in an unfamiliar lair, seeing the light of the only exit blocked by this larger attacker that did not howl or bark, but crawled silently toward him through the addled dogs.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lair

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Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Today the house at 176 Butch Cassidy Drive is named Robbers Roost, after the remote hideout in Utah used by Cassidy’s notorious Wild Bunch gang.

— Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of hideout

Noun

Or, that some of those same city employees would set up web cameras so that hundreds of residents could watch the baby falcons grow up in their nest on a ledge outside City Hall.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Jackie and Shadow’s story After the pair became official in 2018, FOBBV’s nest cameras documented Jackie and Shadow’s life together, offering viewers a direct look into the brutality and beauty of nature.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026

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In addition, an adjoining house—named Villa Ullastres—is available for guests seeking a separate and more private option while still being close to the heart of the hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
For Alexandre Gobillard, production director at the Gobillard & Fils Champagne house, beginning the harvest in mid-August was once almost unthinkable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of house

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As opposed to beavers that build dams and lodges, block streams and divert and channel water, these beavers dig underwater into the bank of the reservoir and access their burrows through underground tunnels.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026
Research suggests these insects, found in northeastern Illinois and other Midwestern states, require burrows created by Great Plains mudbugs and water flowing over the mineral dolomite, Garrison said.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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